Well, this thread's just had a minor shitstorm.
A bit refreshing, actually, considering this thread was clinically dead before. Fight, fight, fight! 
The idea that they're relevant outside the Internet is pretty new to me.
I think it's a bit short-sighted to assume that anything that draws public attention online could be irrelevant in the physical world, especially when related to gaming.
However, as much as I appreciate this thread being lively and discussing Cass again... sort of... I don't actually get how people can care so much.
I'm a console gamer so I don't mod. I would, however, mod the **** out of my inquisitor's outer appearance if I could.
I'm female, I will flirt with Cass until she demands me to stop. Because I like when she does that. One more scene and fun until I get there. But I do not feel the desire to actually romance a female character. I also do not feel the desire to romance Dorian, though I liked him from the start and was a bit disappointed to learn he was gay. But that's the point for me, that's the experience. I play my game like I would act in real life. He is gay, I respect that. I don't go around trying to change people around me, it would feel wrong even if I could. And so I feel no desire to mod my game to change them there. I could but I won't. End of story.
Games are an art form in my eyes, no matter how much users demand them to be a service recently. The developers and writers decide what they want to present and I respect whatever that decision is. I so cannot stand when somebody attacks a game for being whatever it is. You don't like chainmail bikini armor? Don't play the game. You don't like swearing and cursing? Don't play the game. You don't want romances to be gender/race gated? Don't play the game. I like all that - let me have my game.
But if other people don't respect the choice of the developers, fine, let them have their way. It's a democratic country. Better they mod than they make BW act on their behalf and produce the game others demand they produce.
Tough, hey, maybe it's best companies just stop producing games for PC at all, so they don't need to worry about people distort-modding their games anymore. Console gaming ftw! (That's better, right?)